This is an initial landing page for the Location Industry Working Group (IWG) at Eclipse. A proper web site will replace this page in the near future.

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This is an initial landing page for the Location Industry Working Group (IWG) at Eclipse. The site is moving to [http://locationtech.org locationtech.org] in November 2012.

This industry working group is governed by the [http://www.eclipse.org/org/industry-workgroups/industry_wg_process.php Eclipse Foundation Industry Working Group Process] document. You can also [http://www.eclipse.org/org/ read more about the Eclipse Foundation].

This industry working group is governed by the [http://www.eclipse.org/org/industry-workgroups/industry_wg_process.php Eclipse Foundation Industry Working Group Process] document. You can also [http://www.eclipse.org/org/ read more about the Eclipse Foundation].

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LocationTech will be the leading community for individuals and organizations to collaborate on commercially-friendly open source software that is location aware.

LocationTech will be the leading community for individuals and organizations to collaborate on commercially-friendly open source software that is location aware.

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The IWG is currently forming and is expected to formally launch Q3-2012. This date may change due to strong interest.

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The IWG is currently forming and is expected to formally launch on December 5th, 2012.

==Initiative Goals==

==Initiative Goals==

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===Charter===

===Charter===

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See the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Location/Charter Draft Charter] for more useful information including dues.

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See the [http://www.locationtech.org/charter Charter] for more useful information including dues.

==Get Involved==

==Get Involved==

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===Next meetings===

===Next meetings===

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[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20120830T09&p1=188&ah=1 Thursday August 30th, 2012 at 9am EDT] see [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Location/August30_2012 See the the Agenda].

We are interested in new projects. If you have some R&D that would benefit from more eyes & developers to advance it, or some useful technology you need to have but it isn't a source of competitive advantage, consider releasing it.

Roadmap

The following is tentative roadmap.

Inaugural conference call - Completed, Took place March 22, 2012

Conference call - Completed, Took place April 17

Conference call - Completed, Took place April 19

Face to face meeting - Completed, Took place May 22 in Washington D.C.